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(1929-2023) Philosopher, author. Harry G. Frankfurt was born in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and died in Santa Monica, California.

Full Name

Harry G Frankfurt

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Frankfurt lived in Brooklyn, New York.

1929

BIRTH

Harry Gordon Frankfurt was born David Bernard Stern in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, on May 29, 1929.

1962

OTHER

Mr. Frankfurt taught at the State University of New York at Binghamton from 1962 until 1963.

1963

OTHER

Mr. Frankfurt taught at Rockefeller Institute (later Rockefeller University) in Manhattan, New York, from 1963 until 1976.

1970

LITWORK

Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen: The Defense of Reason in Descartes's Meditations
Bobbs-Merrill Company; First Edition

Nonfiction.

1988

LITWORK

The Importance of What We Care About: Philosophical Essays
Cambridge University Press
0521336112 / 978-0521336116
Nonfiction.

1998

LITWORK

Necessity, Volition, and Love
Cambridge University Press
0521633958 / 978-0521633956
Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

The Reasons of Love
Princeton University Press
0691091641 / 978-0691091648
Nonfiction.

2005

LITWORK

On Bullshit
Princeton University Press; 1st edition
0691122946 / 978-0691122946
Nonfiction.

2006

LITWORK

On Truth
Knopf; First Edition
030726422X / 978-0307264220
Nonfiction.

2006

LITWORK

Taking Ourselves Seriously and Getting It Right
Stanford University Press
9780804752985 / 978-0804752985
Nonfiction.

2015

LITWORK

On Inequality
Princeton University Press
0691167141 / 978-0691167145
Nonfiction.

2023

DEATH

Harry G. Frankfurt died at a nursing facility in Santa Monica, California, on July 16, 2023.

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